What’s a genuine reason for redundancy?

Section 7(2) (a) of the Redundancy Payments Acts outlines five grounds where a redundancy can be deemed as genuine.

1. The employer has ceased or intends to cease to carry on the business.
2. Requirements of the business for the employee to carry out work of a particular kind has ceased or diminished.
3. The employer decides to carry out the business with fewer or no employees.
4. The employer decides work being done is to be done in a different manner, for which the employee is not qualified or trained to do.
5. The employer decides that the work being done is to be done by a person who is capable of doing other work for which the employee is not sufficiently qualified to do.